OREGON CHAPTER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL & ENGINEERING GEOLOGISTS December 2017 The Official AEG OREGON CHAPTER NEWSLETTER December Meeting Details Tuesday, December 19 th Location: Old Market Pub 6959 SW Multnomah Blvd Portland, Oregon 6:00 pm Social 6:45 pm Dinner 7:30 pm Presentation Dinner: Salad and Pizza $25 Dinner Exact Change Appreciated Students FREE with RSVP ($5 if no RSVP) Reservations by 4 pm Friday December 15 th at http://aeg-or-2017-12.brownpapertickets.com There is a $2 surcharge for those who do not reserve by the deadline Upcoming Meetings: ODOT Landslide Response during Winter 2016-2017 Guest Speakers: Bryan Wavra and Derrick Hayes The 2016-2017 winter was the wettest on record, and as a result ODOT responded to a large number of emergency landslides. OR224 at MP 10 experienced at least 7 significant failures in two weeks prompting the closure of the highway. The official emergency declaration required rapid analysis and construction of a landslide mitigation package consisting of drainage and structural solutions. This presentation will focus on the procurement timeline and final design build solution. Bio: Bryan Wavra, PE, GE Bryan has represented GeoStabilization s northwest region in a geotechnical engineering and project development capacity since 2010. During his tenure Bryan has been involved in over 100 geohazard mitigation projects throughout Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho. Prior to joining GSI, Bryan completed ten years of geotechnical consulting services to a variety of public and private entities. Bryan graduated from Oregon State University with both Bachelor and Master of Science Degrees in Civil Engineering with a geotechnical engineering emphasis. He is a registered civil engineer in Oregon and Washington and holds a specialty geotechnical engineering registration in Oregon. Jan 3 rd AEG/ASCE Meeting Feb 20 th Ray Wells Mar 20 th TBD Apr 19 th John Wakabayashi May 15 th Nick Zenter Student Poster Night Bio: Derrick Hayes, PE, GE Derrick brings nearly 15 years of geotechnical engineering experience across a broad range of geotechnical topics. In his current position Derrick is responsible for engineering design and construction quality control for all of GSI s project in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, in addition to, providing Technical Review for GSI operations in California, Nevada, and Western Canada. Before joining GSI in 2014 as the Pacific NW Regional Engineer, Derrick was a Senior Principle Engineer at Shannon & Wilson in Portland. As a consultant, Derrick s professional experience includes Geotechnical Engineering task leads for projects such as the I-5: Columbia River Crossing Bridge, ODOT bridge seismic retrofit program, and numerous water/ wastewater and transportation related projects. As part of the I-5 Columbia River Crossing Project Derrick was integral in developing the attempted world s highest capacity drilled shaft load test program.
Message from the Chair Page 2 On behalf of the Oregon Chapter Board I want to wish everyone Happy Holidays! It is so hard to believe that we are nearly halfway through the 2017-2018 Season. I am looking forward to our upcoming speakers and possibly a field trip sometime in 2018. Thanks to everyone who attended the November meeting. Unfortunately, I was trapped in Maui over the Thanksgiving week but once again we had a great turnout of student and professional attendees. A special thanks to Dr. Ashley Streig with Portland State University on her presentation on Paleoearthquakes: How big? How often? Examples from Interplate and Intraplate settings. Hopefully, many of you were able to make connections and perceive the future of our industry s integration of lidar technology through her work in identifying and aging fault extension and rupture histories of two major faults. Our December speakers are Bryan Wavra and Derrick Hayes with Geostabilization International (GSI presenting on the results of ODOT s response to a large number of emergency landslides during last winter. For example, OR224 at MP 10 experienced at least 7 significant failures on its own in a twoweek period, prompting the closure of the highway. Their presentation will focus on the procurement timeline and final design build solution post-emergency declaration that required rapid analysis and construction of a landslide mitigation package consisting of drainage and structural solutions. Since our January meeting is scheduled for early in the month, I wanted to set a reminder in this newsletter to get it on the calendar. On January 3 rd, we will be having our annual joint AEG/ASCE at the same venue as last year s joint meeting IBU Public House on Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway. Needless to say, I m certain we are all hoping for better road conditions than last year. More details to follow! Here are some recent announcements from AEG National that are worth noting: Student Opportunities: AEG Foundation Scholarship Applications now open! The application process is available now for 2018 scholarships. The deadline to apply is February 1, 2018. You may go to www.aegfoundation.org to view the details and to apply. Applicants must be student members of AEG in order to be considered. Upcoming Symposia/Meetings: Living with Earth Hazards in Western Washington; February 16-18, 2018; McCaw Hall at the Seattle Center; Seattle, Washington 61st AEG Annual Meeting / 13th IAEG Congress; September 15-23, 2018; Hyatt Regency San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Registration is now open - be sure to register today! For meeting information and updates visit www.aegweb.org/sanfrancisco2018 Call for Published Papers is now open. Submit your abstract today! As we near the end of 2017, I want to remind all current Oregon Chapter members that your memberships will expire at the end of the year. Please renew today and encourage fellow students and professionals to become new members! The long-term success of our Chapter and AEG nationally only occurs with the continual growth of membership. If you are interested in creating a new chapter within the Oregon Chapter boundaries please let me know or contact Linda Mark, AEG Region 3 Pacific Regional Director (lmark@esassoc.com). I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, December 19 th at the Old Market Pub. Don t forget to sign up using our electronic registration process. Have a safe and Happy Holiday Season, Mark Swank, CEG AEG Oregon Chapter Chair
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Chapter Officers & Committee Chairs Page 8 Chair: Program Chair: Legislature Chair: Mark Swank Aspect Consulting markswank@comcast.net Could Be You? Vacant Jennifer DiGiulio National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy jennifer.digiulio@netl.doe.gov Chair Elect: Field-Trip Chair: Chris Humphrey Erin Dunbar Newsletter Editor: FERC Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. Scott Braunsten geohumphrey@yahoo.com dunbar.erin@gmail.com PBS Engineering and Environmental Treasurer: Membership Chair: Webpage Editor: Benjamin George Ruth Wilmoth Matt Randall Cornforth Consultants, Inc. Columbia Geotechnical, Inc. PBS Engineering and Environmental bgeorge@cornforthconsultants.com ruthwilmoth@comcast.net matt.randall@pbsusa.com Secretary: Michael Marshall GRI mmarshall@gri.com Past Chair: Stephen Hay Oregon Department of Transportation stephen56362@gmail.com The Oregon Chapter is also on the web at National AEG webpage: http://aegweb.org Subscribe to the newsletter by sending any e-mail to aegoregon-subscribe@groups.electricembers.net PSU Student Chapter President: Portland State University Thanks For Supporting AEG Aspect Consulting, Columbia Geotechnical, Cornforth Consultants, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), GRI, NACSE, Oregon Department of Transportation, OSU, PBS Engineering and Environmental, Portland State University The The Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG) contributes to its members' professional success and the public welfare by providing leadership, advocacy, and applied research in environmental and engineering geology. AEG's values are based on the belief that its members have a responsibility to assume stewardship over their fields of expertise. AEG is the acknowledged international leader in environmental and engineering geology, and is greatly respected for its stewardship of the profession. AEG OREGON CHAPTER NEWSLETTER is published monthly from September through May. Subscriptions are for members of AEG affiliated with the Oregon Chapter or other Chapters, and other interested people who have requested and paid a local subscription fee of $10.00. E-mail subscriptions are free. News items are invited and should be sent to: Scott Braunsten, AEG Oregon Chapter Newsletter Editor, PBS Engineering and Environmental, 4412 SW Corbett Avenue, Portland, OR 97239, e-mail: scott.braunsten@pbsusa.com, phone (503) 417-7737. Electronic media is preferred. Deadline for submittal is the 25th of the month. Advertising: business card $100/yr; ¼ page $200/yr; ½ page $350/yr; 1 page $450/yr.